OK....Fess Up! What Was A Big Blooper Which Happened To You Metal Detecting :rofl:?

[John-Edmonton]

Mine was driving across town, with a great spot in mind. When I got there, I realized that I forgot my metal detector at home!

 

[Architex]

What are you talking about.....I NEVER make any kind of mistake !!!

innochio

 

[sprchng]

I had to change the batteries out in my etrac once and left the dead battery on the bumper. Of course I left it there when I drove home later. When I discovered it was gone and hauled butt back to the spot I was at , as I turned the last corner to where I was parked I drove right over the top of it. It was not the RNB , they never seem to go dead!!

 

[GeorgeinSC]

One evening I made certain that both Batteries for my Xcal were charged and ready. Next morning I drove 32 miles to the beach. Got everything ready and walked onto the beach. Turned on the Xcal and NOTHING. Was in a near panic until I realized that the battery was not on the machine. So I drove home retrieved the batteries and drove back to the beach.

Last week. Drove to the beach. Reached into the trunk of the car and No Detector.

My Excuse is that I am old and forgetful. Any excuse is better than none.

 

[detectin4fun]

Back when I got my first detector I had done some coin shooting in dirt and tot lots prior to going to MB to detect in the sand. I was equipped with a home made sand scoop and was enjoying the easy digging. I was hunting areas that showed signs of heavy foot traffic. I got the best loud signal and scooped many times seeing nothing and each time I checked the signal was still there. I was scoping and realized I was getting some attention and looked around and realized I was half way to my knees deep and still getting a strong signal. I studied the location and then noticed that a hundred or so feet away was an exposed metal pipe coming from the first street inland on the shore glancing back toward the surf I realized I was attempting to dig up a drainage from the buildings on ocean Blvd. I covered the hole and gladly walked away before anyone asked me if I found anything. I learn to raise the coil high to check for a large target after that.

 

[budster]

Drove from Kentucky to Oklahoma to visit family and detect an old swimming hole. Packed waders, detector, extra batteries, and everything else I thought I would. Got there, visited, went to the swimming hole and no scoop. Turned out I had to drive another 50 miles to buy one, I now have 3 water scoops. I won't tell you why I had to buy the second one.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

While surf hunting i got an odd signal tone like i aint never heard,it keep getting louder and louder until the insides of my ears started tingling.. i immediately ran out of the water and threw my headphones onto the ground... it was then i realized it was just my cell phone ringing which i had clipped to the top of my headphones. . it wasnt so much the ring tone of the phone so much as it was in vibration mode which rattled my ears....

 

[vlad]

He drove from Dallas to the Big Thicket, maybe 300 miles.
Arrived, unpacked; headphones on his head, he goes to plug them in..........left the pigtail adapter at home (no internal speaker.)
Loaded up, back to Dallas.

 

[vlad]

...odds diminish slightly from the possibility its a dime, or thin band gold ring.
(But it could be a thousand gold doubloons)

 

[BarryL]

Mine was driving for an hour and realizing I left my Digging pouch and pinpointer on the work bench as well as my backup detector

 

[jimmyzr1]

This happened this past Saturday at the Rye Patch hunt, when I stepped in a grass covered hole, spraining my right knee and landing on my XpDeus.

 

[budster]

This happened this past Saturday at the Rye Patch hunt, when I stepped in a grass covered hole, spraining my right knee and landing on my XpDeus.

That is not good

 

[GeorgeinSC]

That had to hurt. The good side is the detector can be fixed.

 

[enderman]

I was cleaning the mud off of the Deus before a detect one day I put the pieces in the car to dry off while I drove a half hour to a site.

When I got to the beach, I realized I only had the lower stem with coil and the remote, no upper shaft I had mostly everything, there was no way I wanted to drive home so I had to improvise.

I proceeded to squat down and shoved the lower part of the detector up my ass, I held the remote in one hand and scoop in the other. I waddled around for a couple hours, found a few coins and a junker ring.

The sun was going down, I decide to start detecting back towards the parking lot when I realized a bunch of people were staring at me.
Apparently my shirt was inside out, I was so embarrassed.

 

[mascard1]

This happened this past Saturday at the Rye Patch hunt, when I stepped in a grass covered hole, spraining my right knee and landing on my XpDeus.

No w it fits him perfect

 

[Goldstrike]

There is not much more frustrating than to leave a critical piece of equipment at home when your miles away from home. This has happened a few times with me but the one that stands out was when I went to the beach for a week of detecting(a 2hour drive from home). When I got there, I got my gear out and............where's my sand scoop?....*#@%+@#!. I google searched the nearest detector store and it was close to 40 miles away. I just had to make the drive and got it done that day. I always go through my check list BEFORE I leave home now!!

 

[D&P-OR]

I thought I had made a mistake once--but it turned out I was mistaken!!-----Well, maybe just that time I drove home from the hunt site with my gear on top of the Jeep. At least it was when I left--went back all along the road & hunt area--never seen it again.----And there was that time we drove off leaving the DFX on the ground in a park---went back & got that one though!-----And then there was these other times that.......oh, never mind---it's getting me depressed talkin about it!!!

 

[GO VA]

One from when I first started detecting that has made me laugh the most over the years was one Sunday afternoon after the county fair left town. I had gotten my first detector about 6 months earlier, did my research and thought I knew what I was doing LOL. I had to work that morning and I had everything in the car and ready to go just as soon as I got off work and when the time came I was in the car and off to the fairgrounds which is a local park I had detected several times leading up to the big day. When I started detecting there was iron everywhere and I knew that there had to have been a major problem with one of the rides that sent small pieces of metal all around but I just couldn't see it in the grass so I went to another area and started again with the same results. 20 minutes later, frustrated and thinking what kind of people would bring rides in such pore shape to the fair I realize I hadn't taken the time to changed shoes and still had my steel toed work boots on and my street shoes were setting under my desk at work.

 

[staffydog33]

Phew...glad I'm not the only one who made newbie or just plain silly mistakes.

I was getting frustrated after getting a signal....getting down on my knees with my pinpointer and finding the target...but I'd always quickly redo the hole with my pinpointed just in case.

Every bloody hole had a second target that made the pinpointer go crazy...so I'd be chuffed as helll thinking coil spill etc or whatever it could be.

BUT...after an hour in multiple holes, that second f****g target I just could not find it...even though I know it was only 1 or 2 inches away with my pinpointer.

Then, it hit me. I took off my gloves and I forgot to take off my sterling thumb rings on my left hand and a cheap and nasty ring I made out of a pound coin I wore on my little finger...lol.

I can laugh now but I was SOOO cheesed off at the time!

LOL.

Matt.

 

[slingshot]

Back in the 70's was testing my new GarrettTR against my BFO. Left the BFO on a park table- no visible people around- and only drove a block before I remembered. Of course, it was gone- in less than 5 minutes.